Police in Nyamasheke district on September 17, arrested Habyarimana Anicet, a driver of Fuso truck RAB 703 Z carrying 2040Kgs of smuggled minerals, Tin and Coltan.
Habyarimana, aged 31 was arrested with his colleague Musabyimana Innocent both residents of Nyamasheke and Rusizi Districts respectively.
They are being held at Ruharambuga Police station in Nyamasheke district. The smuggled minerals belonged to Gaferege Daniel.
The minerals were being transported to Kigali before being intercepted on a road Police check point on Rusizi-Kigali highway.
According to Rwanda National Police (RNP) sources in Nyamasheke District, the minerals are reported to be owned by Gakwerere Company which has operations in Rusizi and Nyamasheke districts but by the time of the arrest, the duo are suspected to have been using forged documents to transport and trade the minerals.
They are reported to have been trying to evade taxes because they had no valid documents to allow them transport the minerals to Kigali.
On September 16, Police in Nyamasheke District also noted that five cases of fraud and other forms of illegal trade have been registered during last few days.
Another case of smuggled minerals was reported in Nyamagabe district where a vehicle carrying about 1900 kilogrammes of cassiterite was intercepted by Rwanda National Police in Revenue Protection Unit.
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